Patents by Inventor Bill Boyle

Bill Boyle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Doppler probe with shapeable portion
    Patent number: 6974416
    Abstract: Disclosed is ultrasonic medical probe (10) connectable to a Doppler signal generator and processor for detecting or measuring blood flow in a vessel. In one embodiment, the distal portion (52) of the probe comprises an outer sheath (17) that includes a malleable shapeable portion (16), such as an annealed stainless steel cannula, to which a transducer head (11) containing one or more ultrasonic transducers (12), is mounted distally. Two wires (14, 15), comprising the electrical conductor (13), extend through the outer sheath from each ultrasonic transducer to a proximal connector (19). The shapeable portion can be contoured before or during a procedure, such as to access the natural spaces within brain to read flow in a cerebral artery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Cook Vascular Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Booker, Chun Kee Lui, Bill Boyle
  • Doppler probe with shapeable portion
    Publication number: 20020049385
    Abstract: Disclosed is ultrasonic medical probe (10) connectable to a Doppler signal generator and processor for detecting or measuring blood flow in a vessel. In one embodiment, the distal portion (52) of the probe comprises an outer sheath (17) that includes a malleable shapeable portion (16), such as an annealed stainless steel cannula, to which a transducer head (11) containing one or more ultrasonic transducers (12), is mounted distally. Two wires (14, 15), comprising the electrical conductor (13), extend through the outer sheath from each ultrasonic transducer to a proximal connector (19). The shapeable portion can be contoured before or during a procedure, such as to access the natural spaces within brain to read flow in a cerebral artery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: Cook Vascular Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Booker, Chun Kee Lui, Bill Boyle